Every morning I have a routine I follow pretty religiously. I turn on the hot water, for oatmeal; fire up the Keurig, for coffee; peel a banana, peel a hard boiled egg, and fill a glass of water before sitting down for my God time. This morning that routine was broken. Everything was going to plan except the coffee maker. I soon figured out I needed to descale my coffee maker; which basically means soaking it in vinegar for about 4 hours. If you know me, I am a man of routines and schedules. If something gets in the way of my schedule I get cranky. This definitely happened this morning!
What verses stood out to me today? 1 Timothy 1:19 says, "Cling to your faith in Christ, and keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked."
Why did this stand out to me today? If you have been staying up to date on camp, this coming week is Senior High. And there is a huge opportunity to share the love of Jesus with 230 campers. That's right, 230! This will be a record number of campers for camp! What a huge opportunity. I realized this morning the routine mess up was being used as a distraction to get me down and off for the whole day.
How will I use this verse today? I will not allow my faith to be shipwrecked by a silly little coffee maker not working. It is really funny to think that this whole week could have started off with a bad attitude because I did not have my routine! Today, I am choosing to be joyful and flexible! I will cling to my faith and hold on to the most important things in my life, and allow the non important issues to blow away like chaff.
I am getting excited for this week! Please keep me and staff in your prayers!
Talk to you tomorrow!
In His service, Crazy Pete
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